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A Lewiston family told the bishop and police in 1958 that Sabatino had sexually abused their 6-year-old daughter. The bishop transferred him to St. Peter's parish. At least 13 women had come forward as of 2005 to allege that Sabatino abused them as children, at ages ranging from 6-17. During much of his time at St. Peter's, Sabatino was supervised by another priest, Joseph Romani, who has also been accused of abuse. Sabatino died in 1990. A woman filed suit in 12/2022 against the Diocese, claiming Sabatino sexually abused her beginning when she was age 7 in 1964. She said the priest would play hide-and-seek with her and other girls in the church basement, pick one girl to hide with, then sexually abuse that child. In 3/2023 six women filed lawsuits claiming abuse by Sabatino as girls, ages 5-11, during 1958-1967. Reportedly in 9/2026, at least a dozedn of Sabatino's victims were included in recent settlements.
Named publicly as accused by the Brooklyn diocese on its list 4/15/2024 (with an erroneous ordination date). Restrictions noted to have been placed 6/1/2020.
Diocese: Diocese of Springfield MA
Ordained for the permanent diaconate in 1977. Assigned in Coventry and Hope Valley. On Leave of Absence 1983-1985. Arrested at a motel in MA in 7/2001 after arranging over the internet to meet someone he thought was a 14-year-old girl, but was instead an undercover MA State Trooper. Sadowski wanted sex and to take pornographic photos of the girl. He also sent nude photos of himself. The Diocese immediately placed him on leave. RI State Police searched Sadowski's home the same month, after which he was arrested for possession of child pornography. In 1/2002 he pleaded guilty to the MA charges and was sentenced to two years in prison and five years' probation. Arrested in RI in 12/2009, again for internet solicitation and child pornography. In 5/2002 he pleaded no contest to the RI charges and was sentenced to five years in prison, with two years to serve concurrently with the MA sentence and three of the years suspended. Convicted in 7/2010 in VA. Sentenced to 17 years in prison. Case referred to the Vatican. Included on the Diocese's list 7/1/2019. Released from prison in 3/2022 and returned from VA to RI. Pleaded no contest again in 9/2022 in MA for child pornography possession. Received a five-year sentence, suspended with probation. Sadowski was living in 6/2025 in Warwick, RI. Included in the 3/4/2026 RI Attorney General's Report.
Named publicly as credibly accused of child sexual abuse in 8/2018 by the St. Vincent Archabbey Benedictines in Latrobe PA. The Archabbey received an allegation in 1993 that Salis abused a child 1964-1965 at St. Leo's Abbey in Florida. Salis died 7/26/1991.
Accused in a lawsuit filed on 11/17/2021 of sexually abusing boy, age 14, in 1993-1994, while assigned to Delbarton School. The boy was a Delbarton student. Salus taught religion at the school while assisting at area parishes on the weekends. He was later pastor for many years at Mt. Carmel in Cedar Knolls. In 11/2021 he reportedly remained active at St. Mary's Abbey in Morristown, and as chaplain at Newton Medical Center and for the Filippini Sisters at Villa Walsh. Reportedly in 8/2025 Salus was living in the monastery on Delbarton School's campus, said to be "overseen by Abbey leadership and the Abbey's Safe Environment policies."
Named publicly as accused by the Crosier Order on its list 12/6/2023. Worked in IN, MN, ND. Died 5/11/1999. Allegation noted to have been received after Salzbrunn's death. No information as to when or where the alleged abuse occured.
Ordained for Diocese of Gallup NM. The Diocese aided Sanchez in becoming an US citizen. Named as an abuser in court pleadings filed in 6/2012. More than one accuser. Worked in one parish, Madre de Dios in Winslow, before teaching in a diocesan seminary program in Gallup and then becoming an Air Force chaplain. Gallup Chancellor 1979-11/1986. Shown in the Catholic Directory as absent in 2012; apparently living in Mexico. Sued in 9/2012 and 4/2013, along with Clement Hageman, with claims of abuse in the 1970s in Winslow, AZ. Named in a new suit in 6/2013. Included on the Gallup diocese's list of credibly accused. The list in 9/2025 shows Sanchez as laicized. Included in 8/2021 on the Diocese of Fresno's list. Sanchez worked in the diocese as a chaplain at Edwards Air Force Base 1998-2001. The Diocese was accused of helping him flee to his native México.
Diocese: Archdiocese of Santa Fe NM
Diocese: Diocese of Metuchen NJ
Accused in a lawsuit[s] between 2020-2022 of the sexual abuse of minor[s]. Died by suicide in 1979, at age 45. Per his obituary, Sandholdt had been an assistant at St. Francis of Assisi in East Palo Alto for five years, was involved with the charismatic movement and worked with teenagers. Prior to his priesthood, he was a teacher at John Muir and Encinal High Schools in Alameda.
Ordained for the Trappists. Incardinated 1973 into the Manchester diocese. Accused in a 5/28/2003 attorney's letter of sexual abuse at St. Bernard's in Keene in 1966-1969. Age of the complainant at the time of the abuse is unknown. Sands was murdered 5/11/1979 when he tried to negotiate a hostage situation in the rectory of St. Rose of Lima in Littleton, NH. He was taken hostage and killed by a couple who then shot and killed themselves.
Left the order in 1997. Accused of abuse of five boys 1955-1969, per the 2004 Archdiocesan report. Two civil suits in 12/2003 alleging abuse 1967-1969. Accusations involved children at Maryvale, which was a Catholic orphanage in Rosemead. Later went on to work at La Salle High School in Pasadena and other Catholic schools in Hayward and New Orleans. Accused in 2003 of abuse at Rancho San Antonio in Chatsworth in the 1960s. Settlement with two men in 2007. Personnel file released in 2013. Died in 3/2021.
Named publicly as accused in the 3/4/2026 RI Attorney General's Report, which notes allegations that Santagata sexually abused two children in the 1960s. In 3/1995 a woman reported that Santagata and the parish's music minister sexually abused her for years as a child at St. Mary's in Cranston. The woman said that the men would grope her and say explicit things to her. Another woman alleged in 3/2024 that Santagata sexually abused her at St. Mary's when she was between ages 12 and 14 between 1961 and 1963. Santagata died in 1967.
Diocese: Archdiocese of Atlanta GA
Ordained for the diaconate in 1987. From the Diocese of Ponce in Puerto Rico. Assigned to GA parishes 1994-2000. Named publicly as accused in the GA PAC Report. Faculties suspended 1/26/2008 after an allegation that Santiago sexually abused a girl, age 15, about 16 years prior. Santiago denied the 'incident' with the girl, but said that in 2005 an 'incident' occurred with a 15-year-old girl who was staying with the other girl's family.
Civil suit filed in 1998; dismissed. Removed in 2002. Accused of the sexual abuse of a boy, ages 12-17, in the 1970s. Police investigated in 2002. Per the Los Angeles Archdiocese's 2004 report, there were two accusers 1977-1985. In active ministry in Bolivia from 1998. Deceased, per the Archdiocese's list in 12/2021.
Placed on leave in 2/2022 due to an allegation of the sexual abuse of a minor in 1979 or 1980. Santilli had been pastor of St. Philip in Greenville since 2010 when suspended. Per the Diocese, it received an allegation on 12/29/2021 against a priest currently active in the diocese, without naming him. State police investigated and interviewed the alleged victim, who named Santilli, then informed the Diocese 2/2/2022. The Diocese had received reports of the sexual abuse of minors by Santilli twice before: in 2012 a man alleged abuse as a young altar in the early 1980s, and said Santilli also molested his brother, who died by suicide in 1997; in 2014 a man alleged abused by Santilli as an altar boy, age 10, in 1980 at Our Lady of Lourdes in Providence. The Diocesan Review Board determined that both the 2012 and 2014 allegations lacked credibility, and Santilli was kept in ministry. The man who came forward in 2014 unsuccessfully filed suit in 5/2022. Included as of 2/2026 on the Diocese's list of credibly accused. Included in the 3/4/2026 RI Attorney General's Report, which notes allegations of the sexual abuse against Santilli of at least three altar boys, ages 7-12, occurring in the early 1980s. Santilli's modus operandi is said to have been to place boys in his lap, tickle them, touch their genitals over and under their clothes, and rub his genitals against them. The cases could not be prosecuted because of the statute of limitations. Santilli was a member of the Diocesan Review Board 2009-2012. In 3/2026 he remains suspended.
Teacher; school principal; superintendent of schools in Bernanlillo NM. Retired in 1981. Ordained for the permanent diaconate in 1987. Assigned to Our Lady of Sorrows in Bernalillo Parish until 1996. Accused in a proof of claim form filed in 5/2019 of sexually abusing a girl, ages 3-5, from 1983 to 1985, and again when she was ages 7-9, 1987 through 1989. Santistevan often babysat the girl. The claimant said that Santistevan did not have access to her between 1985 and 1987 because she was then living with her mother in another town. The abuse allegedly resumed after she moved back to Bernalillo to live with her father. She suspects that her sister was also abused. Further, she said that in 2011 a man told her that Sanstistevan abused him when he was young; the man died by suicide in 2013. Santistevan died in 2016.
Died: 5/3/2008
Diocese: Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau MO
From Spain. Founded an orphanage in Mexico, near Yuma. Arrived in the Tucson diocese in 1980. Incardinated in 1994. Placed on leave in 10/2002 after a boy, age 15, said he had been molested in 8/2002. Another victim came forward later to say he was molested at age 11 during confession in 1982. Sanz was arrested in 2/2003 on two counts of sexual abuse of a child. Pleaded no contest. Sentenced in 10/2003 to five years in prison. A civil suit was filed in 1/2004 by the victim in criminal charges. Included on the Diocese's list of credibly accused. Removed from the priesthood in 2010.
Retired and living in a residence for priests in Depew when suspended in 9/2018 after the Diocese received an allegation they he sexually abused a 12-year-old girl in the late 1960s, while assigned to Coronation of the BVM in Buffalo. Sardina denied the allegation. He did admit to having been sent to counseling over 10 years previously due to "consensual" sex he had with women. He was allowed to return to active ministry in 3/19 after the Diocesan Review Board deemed the allegation unsubstantiated. A lawsuit was filed under the Child Victims Act in 2019. In 9/2022 the Diocese was investigating a second claim against Sardina. He died 4/30/2025.
Joined the Irish Christian Brothers in 1925. Taught at Boys Central Catholic High School in Butte MT 1938-1944 and was the school's football and basketball coach. Also taught at the order's schools in NYC, Chicago IL, Seattle WA, Vancouver BC, and Montebello CA. Died in Montebello 6/10/1975. Included on the order's list of former and deceased brothers with at least two claims of sexual abuse against them, as required by its bankruptcy settlement in 2014. No details provided as to when and where the alleged abuse occurred. (Placing Satterthwaite in the Archdiocese of Newark, where the Irish Christian Brothers' North American Province is based.)
Diocese: Diocese of Lake Charles LA
Accused in a lawsuit filed sometime between 2021 and 1/2026 of sexually abusing a 10-year-old girl on multiple occasions in 1970. Saunier allegedly rubbed himself against the girl in the chapel of Our Lady of Prompt Succor in Sulphur, LA.
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA
Named publicly by the Archdiocese on its list in 10/2021, which notes reports in 2018 and 2020 of sexual abuse, with multiple victims, occurring 1949-1958. Saxon died in 1971. Per the NE Attorney General's report, there are four known victims, all boys, ages 13-17.
Educated overseas. Ordained for the Fargo diocese. Removed in 8/1998 after a complaint of sex abuse. Reportedly admitted to abusing three boys. Fled to the Philippines in 12/1998. Charged in 12/2002 in the U.S. with sexually abusing a boy 1995-1997 and another 1995-1998. Efforts to extradite Sayasaya to the U.S. for prosecution were initially unsuccessful. Laicization announced 12/2005. A Philippine Court of Appeals ordered him extradited to the U.S. in 4/2012. Arrested in Calamba City, Laguna province 11/19/2017; extradited in 12/2017. Pleaded not guilty 2/16/2018. Pleaded guilty to two counts 5/17/2018. Sentenced 10/1/2018 to 20 years in prison and required to register as a sex offender. Given credit for 360 days already spent. Included on the Fargo diocese's 1/2/2020 list of those with substantiated allegations against them.
Pastor 1980-2002 of St. Joseph's in Homewood IL. Retired to Naples FL. Died 12/11/2014. In 9/2026 Sayers was named in a $5.4M settlement with nine people alleging sexual abuse as children, ages 6-14, by eight priests.
Took the name Theophane Scanlan upon ordination. Longtime president of Franciscan University of Steubenville. Leader in the Charismatic Renewal movement. Died in 2017. Accused in a lawsuit filed in 2020 of sexually abusing a boy, age 9, in 1978. The abuse allegedly occurred at a People of Hope (Charismatic community) gathering at St. Antoninus Parish in Newark, NJ, and on multiple other occasions when Scanlan would visit the NJ parish. The boy and his mother and brothers were living in the parish rectory. Scanlan has also been accused of covering up for credibly accused priest Samuel Tiesi, T.O.R.
Accused in a lawsuit filed sometime between 2020-2022 of sexually abusing an altar boy at St. Andrew's in Oakland in about 1959-1964. The abuse allegedly included forced oral sex and sodomy and occurred numerous times. News accounts in 2022 refer to Scanlon as John Francis; per past news articles and the Official Catholic Directory, his name was Francis Joseph. The 1960 Directory shows him as Absent on Leave, after which he was transferred to a Mill Valley parish. Scanlon died in 1980.
Ordained for the Diocese of Rockville Centre. Accused in a lawsuit filed in 2003 of abusing a boy on many occasions over three years in the early 1960s, beginning when the boy was age 10. From 1958-1961 Schaefer was in charge of a group of young boys who wanted to be priests at Philip Neri in Northport, NY. His accuser alleged that Schaefer also abused five other boys in the group and that he was transferred after parents complained. Schaefer's last assignment in the diocese ended 5/15/1962. He was assigned in 9/1962 to a parish in the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston WV. The Official Catholic Directory shows was absent on leave from Rockville Centre 1962-1969. Named publicly as accused on the Wheeling-Charleston diocese's list in late 2018, which notes allegations beginning in 1986 of abuse by Schaefer throughout his career. Faculties suspended 4/10/1986. Died 4/10/1998. Included in 3/2021 on the Rockville Centre diocese's list of accused.
Named publicly as accused by the Capuchin Province of Mid-America on its list 3/1/2019, which notes more than one credible allegation, of abuse occurring in the 1970s. Schartz left the order in 1980.
On 11/1/2021 the diocese announced that Schemm was being placed on leave pending an investigation into allegations that he had sexually abused a minor more than 25 years previously. Schemm was pastor at the time of his suspension of Church of the Resurrection in Bel Aire. He allegedly sexually abused a child, ages 12-15, 1992-1995, while assigned to St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Wichita. No criminal charges due to the statute of limitations. The diocese's review board determined that there was "insufficient evidence." The bishop stated that Schemm would be returned to public ministry. In 10/2023 the diocesan newspaper noted that Schemm had been placed on "indefinite leave of absence for medical reasons, effective immediately." Died 12/14/2024.
Named publicly as credibly accused by the Chicago archdiocese on its list in 10/2022. Died in 2016. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.
Monsignor. Named publicly in 11/2021 by Attorney Jeff Anderson as accused in a lawsuit filed under the NJ Victims' Rights Bill.
Ordained in 1952, left the priesthood after four years. Married in 1958 and raised a family. Named publicly as accused by the Archdiocese of St. Louis on its list 7/26/2019, which notes that allegations against Schierhoff were substantiated and that he was removed from ministry and laicized. He died in 2008. Included on the Jefferson City diocese's list.
Assigned in MO, NJ, IL, GA. Named publicly as accused in the GA PAC Report. In 9/1995, the Archdiocese received a report Schimmelmann behaved inappropriately toward a 13-year-old girl, by pressing her against a wall and tickling her, and pulling her to sit in his lap at the inside of his thigh. Accused in a 2004 lawsuit of sexually harrassing a female CNA at a nursing home the previous year, where he was chaplain; the woman said she was fired from her Catholic hospital job in retaliation for the allegation. She said Schimmelmann fondled her on numerous occasions. He died 1/12/2017.
First named publicly as accused of child sexual abuse by the Diocese on its list 12/6/2018. Noted to have been removed from ministry. Schlachter was on sick leave in 1985, continuing in active ministry after his return until about 2002.
Named publicly as accused by the Diocese of Peoria on its list in 6/2024. Died 8/29/2001.
Diocese: Diocese of Harrisburg PA
Named publicly as credibly accused by the Franciscans' Our Lady of Guadalupe Province as of 1/2024. Member of the Sacred Heart Province. (Placing Schludecker in the St. Louis archdiocese for now, where the Province is based.) Worked in IL, OH, WI, AK, MI, MO. Died in 2022.
Retired in 2006 as pastor in Port Allegany, then temporary administrator briefly at parishes in Emporium, Tidioute and Emlenton. Removed from public ministry during an investigation in 9/2018 of an allegation that he abused a minor in the 1960s. Included on the diocese's list of credibly accused 4/5/2019. Forbidden to function as a priest. Per the list updated in 1/2023, Schmitt died in 1/2021.
Died: 7/20/1999
Diocese: Archdiocese of St. Paul & Minneapolis, MN
Diocese: Diocese of St. Petersburg FL
Monsignor. Assigned to St. Peter the Apostle Parish in Joplin when removed in 2/2006 after allegations of sexual misconduct with a minor, which were made in 12/2005. Schneider died in 2016.
Placed on leave in 9/2021 due to a claim of sexual abuse in the Diocese's bankruptcy case and in an allegation in a lawsuit filed in 8/2021 under the NY Child Victims Act. Schober allegedly sexually abused a child, ages 8-13, during 1980-1985, while assigned to Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Elma. He denied the allegation. In 5/2022 the Diocese announced that its Review Board found that the allegation was unsubstantiated. Schober was reinstated. He died 6/26/2023.
Accused in a 2002 civil suit of sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl in the 1960s. Removed from ministry in 2003. The suit settled in 6/2005 in exchange for publishing statements from the plaintiff and Archbishop Buechlein in the archdiocesan newspaper. At least one other woman alleged abuse. Included on the archdiocese's 10/12/2018 list of credibly accused. Noted to have five victims, allegedly abused 1964-1967.
Diocese: Diocese of Tucson AZ
Accused in a 5/10/2013 complaint of touching and penetrating a girl at a Mission in St. Michael's AZ in Navajo Nation. Plaintiff on claimants' committee in Gallup bankruptcy; came forward as Prudence Jones. Accused in 2015 complaint of abusing a second girl by sexual touching, fondling, frottage, intercrural sex and penetration at St. Michael's. Settled in 11/2017. Worked in Navajo Nation over 20 years as bus driver, helper of poor and children's roller skate teacher. Trained as Maryknoll; no final vows; concerns about vocation. Treated by Servants of the Paraclete in Jemez Springs NM; admitted to Franciscans while in treatment there; solemn vows 8/16/1959. Worked at Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament in Fort Defiance AZ and Our Lady of Guadalupe in Kayenta AZ. Later lived at Curia Juan Diego/OFM Friary in Albuquerque, per 2005-2012 Directory. Worked at St. Felix Pantry in Rio Rancho NM. Dementia in last years; lived at South Valley Care Center in Albuquerque. Died 1/16/2012. On diocesan list as of 4/28/2017. Included on the St. John the Baptist Province Franciscans list.
Named publicly in 1/2021 by the Franciscans' Province of St. John the Baptist as the subject of substantiated allegations of child sexual abuse. Professed final vows in 1966. Schreck died in 2005 in Cincinnati, at age 60.
Named publicly as accused by the Erie diocese on its list 2/15/2023. Shown to be under investigation and living in Brentwood, TN.
Named publicly as accused by the Diocese when added to its list 4/10/2024. Noted to be prohibited from ministry, case in process. Worked at parishes in Exeter, Lancaster, Rochester, Gonic, and assisted at Mount Royal Academy North in Lancaster and Seton Academy in Rochester. Involved with Thomas More College in Merrimack NH, including accompanying students on to Washington D.C. in 1/2022 for a March for Life. Called in 1/2022 "a longtime friend of the College."
Named publicly as accused by the Chicago Archdiocese on its list in 10/2022. Died in 1953. The allegation was substantiated after Schuster's death. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.
Pastor of Immaculate Heart of Mary in Lake Charles from 1960 until his death in 1970. Accused in a lawsuit filed sometime between 2021 and 1/2026. Allegedly sexually abused an altar boy, beginning in 1966 when the boy was age 13.
Monsignor. Accused in a lawsuit filed in 8/2021 under the NY Child Victims Act of "unpermitted sexual contact" with a 13-year-old in 1972, while assigned to St. Aloysius in Cheektowaga. Suspended in 9/2021 pending the investigation of accusation(s) of abuse reportedly discovered in documents filed in the diocese's bankruptcy case. Sciera denied the allegations. He reportedly had a friendship with Pope John Paul II. He was a board member of the John Paul II Foundation and was therefore often in Rome for meetings. In 9/2021 Sciera was retired and living in FL. In 2/2023 the Diocese announced that the allegation was deemed substantiated.
Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Midwest Province in 1/2022. Noted to have a single allegation against him of the sexual abuse of a minor, occurring in 1969 at Campion High School in Prairie du Chien. Scott died 12/27/2007. Included on the La Crosse diocese's list of those with substantiated allegations against them. Included in 10/2021 on the Omaha archdiocese's list.
Diocese: Archdiocese of Baltimore MD
Publicly accused in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report, name redacted. Appears in the report as #156. Attended seminary, left for academic reasons. Lived at St. Ann's Parish in East Baltimore while a seminarian in the 1970s, stayed in church housing for many years after leaving seminary. Ran the Youth Program at St. Ann's, including Cub and Boy Scouts, 1972-1982. In 2003 the Archdiocese received a report that Scriber sexually abused a boy scout, age 11 or 12, in 1976 or 1977. Scriber allegedly made boys take off their clothes, spanked their bottoms and grabbed their penises. In 2003 an unnamed religious order told the Archdiocese that Scriber was interested in joining the order, but would discontinue the process due to the report of abuse. Report in 2021 by a man who said that during a scouting trip in the 1970s Scriber made a boy sleep in his tent; the boy was crying in the morning and his mother had to come get him. In 2022 another man reported that Scriber sexually abused him on a scouting trip when he was age 15 in the 1970s. The man said Scriber would call boys to come to his tent; when it was his turn, Scriber would touch his genital's and orally rape him. Scriber is referred to in news reports by one alleged victim as "Brother Mike."
Former Provincial of the Capuchins' St. Conrad Province. Assigned in Colorado and Kansas. Worked most of his priesthood with youth. Named publicly by the Archdiocese of Kansas City in 3/2022 as accused of the sexual abuse of a minor. The abuse allegedly occurred during Scully's time outside of the archdiocese. Placed on leave pending investigation. Scully denied the allegation. It was deemed unsubstantiated by the diocese in 4/2022.
Removed from ministry in 4/2002 after an allegation; admitted to sexually abusing boys over 30 years. Parishioners said church authorities knew about the abuse for many years. Sellentin was transferred in the 1960s after allegations; the matter was discussed at a meeting with parishioners and the parish pastor. Sellentin was transferred again in about 1980 after complaints to the Archdiocese from the parents of about five boys. There were allegations of abuse in at least four parishes between 1968 and 1974. Named in civil lawsuit(s) filed in 3/2003. Name included on the Archdiocese's list 11/30/2018, which notes reports 1968-present of abuse 1968-1989, and 20-35 victims. Its 3/1/2019 updated list notes 20-38 victims. Included in the NE Attorney General's 11/2021 report. Sellentin was laicized in 2019.
Diocese: Archdiocese of Los Angeles CA
Shaw's name was among eight released in 6/2018 by attorney Mitchell Garabedian of priests accused of sexually abusing minors. Assigned to St. John the Evangelist in Clyde in 1973, then St. Margaret Mary in Irondequoit 1974-1977. The alleged abuse occurred during his time at St. Margaret Mary. Per the Diocese, Shaw resigned from ministry in 1977 and was "dispensed from the clerical state" in 1978. Brother of credibly accused priest Dennis Shaw. Accused in an 8/2/2020 lawsuit of sexually abusing a child, age 13, in 1967. Accused in a suit filed 8/6/2020 of sexually abusing a girl, age 14, in 1977 in a confessional at St. Margaret Mary.
Monsignor. Parish priest; teacher and vice-rector of St. Joseph Seminary; head of the Diocesan Tribunal 1946-1975; St. Gertrude Convent chaplain 1966-1983. Named publicly as accused in the MI Attorney General's 12/15/2025 Diocese of Grand Rapids Report. Died in 1987. (The AG Report has an erroneous death date.) In 2006 a man told the Diocese that when he was a minor seminary student he was touched inappropriately by Shaw. In 2018 another man told the Attorney General's office that Shaw sexually abused him when he was a St. Joseph's Seminary student 1963-1966, ages 13-15. He said that Shaw would watch the boys shower every day, and that he was singled out by Shaw.
Named publicly as accused in the MI A.G.'s 10/2022 report. In 1997 a man told Bishop Garland that Sheedlo made sexual advances toward him during counseling sessions the previous year. The man had known Sheedlo since age 10-11 in 1979, and described to Garland grooming behaviors by Sheedlo during regular meetings for years. Sent to treatment. Accused in 1998 of sexual advances toward a seminarian, age 18, in 1974 and again in 1978. Told by Garland to take a year's leave of absence. Removed from public ministry in 2009. In 10/2022 remained on leave.
On 5/12/2010 the attorney for a minor plaintiff announced he would soon file suit against Sheedy. Sheedy emphatically denied the allegations in a public news conference. On 5/13/2010 the plaintiff's attorney said he had agreed to delay filing suit at the request of the Diocese, which reportedly called the allegations "totally false."
Diocese: Diocese of Charleston SC
Professed vows 9/8/1954. Worked in NJ, IN, NH, NY, MA. Died 11/17/2006. Included on a list of accused priests and religious posted by the Law Offices of Mitchell Garabedian on 01/19/2011. Garabedian says he has settled at least one claim with the Boston Archdiocese regarding allegations against Sheehan. Included in 3/2020 on the Salesians list of credibly accused.
In 6/2021 the Brebeuf Jesuit High School president announced that Sheehy had been credibly accused of sexually abusing a student in 1978, while a resident of the Brebeuf Jesuit Community. School leadership was notified of the allegation in 2/2020. The Jesuits Midwest Province list in 1/2022 revealed multiple allegations agains Sheehy, with incidents 1967, 1975, 1984-1988 while Chaplain of the Marion County Sheriff's Department and residing at Breubeuf. Sheehy entered the order in 1959. He was the Brebeuf High's president 1987-1992. Died 10/23/1992.
Name included on the Erie diocese's list released 4/6/2018 of priests, lay employees and volunteers credibly accused of sexually abusing minors. Died in Sumterville FL 10/25/2009.
Named publicly as accused by the St. Cloud diocese on its list in 2/2021. Noted to be the subject of a lawsuit(s), the credibility of the allegations not made. Assigned to a parish in Monroe LA until 1953, when he joined the St. Cloud diocese. Sheldon died in 1982.
Given name Denis Michael Shelly (sometimes spelled "Shelley"). From the Spiritans' Irish Province, Dublin. Worked for 1950-1967 in Biafra, prior to arriving in Cheyenne. Named publicly as accused by the the Cheyenne diocese on its list updated 11/8/2019. Allegedly abused an adolescent girl 1969-1970. Assigned to Our Lady of Fatima in Casper and St. Mary's Cathedral in Cheyenne. Died in Ireland in 2007. Added in 2/2025 to the Diocese of Gallup's list of credibly accused, where he was assigned 1970-1974).
Named publicly as accused by the Archdiocese on its list in 5/2024. Died 3/29/1995. Allegation(s) received after Sherer's death.
Accused in 1993 and 1995 of sexually abusing two boys in the 1980s. There was reportedly an investigation in the 1980s. Allowed in 1997 to return to ministry part-time as administrator at another parish, with restrictions. Placed on leave again in 3/2002, faculties permanently removed. Died 9/13/2002. Included on the diocese's 11/19/2018 list of credibly accused.
Shields was accused in 2004 of sexually abusing a junior high school boy on an Exeter golf course in about 1974, the same year he became pastor of St. Michael's in Exeter. His accuser also reported abuse by another priest and a teacher at his school. Shields was living in FL in 2004. He died at age 94 on 2/25/2005.
Parish priest, assigned in Arlington, Chelsea, Hyde Park, Dorchester, Roxbury, Charlestown, Lynn, and Lynnfield Center MA. Pastor of St. Maria Maria Goretti in Lynnfield Center from 1969 until his death in 1981. Accused in a lawsuit settled in 2023 of sexually abusing a girl, ages 10-14, during 1960-1964, while assigned to St. Mary's in Charlestown, St. Patrick's in Lynn, and St. James in Arlington. The abuse allegedly took place in the girl's home.
Ordained in 2017. Assigned to parishes in Wisconsin Dells, Madison, Waunakee, Berlin, Green Lake and Clinton. Arrested in Clintonville in a sting operation on 8/24/2025 after allegedly attempting to meet a 14-year-old girl for sex; the 'girl' was actually a Clintonville police officer. Restricted from ministry pending the outcome of the investigation. There had also been a complaint in 12/2021 to the Lodi Police Department that Showers asked a boy during confession about masturbation and if he viewed pornography. There were no charges in that case. In 2024 a young woman alleged that Showers groped her underneath her clothes at a social event in Chicago, then gave her his business card. Her father said he called the Diocese at least five times to report the abuse; he was not successful in reaching Bishop Hying but someone did take his report. He also reported the abuse to the Chicago Police. The woman came forward publicly after Showers' arrest. Despite the allegations, per a Facebook post on 8/7/2025, Showers was scheduled to take a small group of teenagers to Italy in 3/2026. He pleaded not guilty on 9/30/2025. In 3/2026 he was charged with possession of child sexual abuse images, which were found on his electronic devices after his 8/2025 arrest. Showers pleaded not guilty in 4/2026 to child pornography possession. He requested laicization, which was granted, as announced in 6/2026. On 8/20/2026 Showers was arrested for jumping bail and the attempted grooming of a child for sex; he again was caught in an online undercover investigation by a Wausau County police officer who, this time, was posing as a 15-year-old girl.
From Poland. Ordained for the Society of the Divine Word in 1920. Arrived shortly after ordination to the U.S. Assigned to the Divine Word Seminary in Techny IL, and in 1926 to St. Augustine's Seminary in Bay St. Louis LA, followed by parish work in St. Louis MO and Chicago IL. Worked beginning in 1930 in the Diocese of St. Cloud at parishes in Pierz, St. Anna, Morril, Harding and Elmdale. Died in 1963. Shurek was named publicly as accused by the diocese on its list in 2/2021. Noted to be the subject of a lawsuit(s), the credibility of the allegations not determined.
Named publicly as accused by the Archdiocese on its list in 5/2024. Placed on Administrative leave 11/8/2021. A canonical process was noted to be underway.
Ordained for the Archdiocese of Winnipeg, Canada. Sent to the Lansing diocese in 1968 for health reasons. Dismissed from Lansing in 1970 due to "homosexual activity" with boys. Law enforcement agreed not to prosecute if Sigler left the area permanently. Accepted temporarily by the Detroit archdiocese on the condition that he receive psychiatric help. Sent to the Paracletes in NM for treatment multiple times in the 1960s-1970s; worked in NM parishes; abused again. Asked for and was accepted to return to active ministry in the Diocese of Lansing in 9/1974. Again abused young boys, including rape. One survivor of abuse by Sigler at St. Robert's Catholic School in Flushing MI reported contracting venereal warts from Sigler, resulting in numerous surgeries. When this boy reported the abuse to the school principal he allegedly received a "paddling." Sigler worked 1975-1976 in a Detroit parish. Returned to ministry in NM in 2/1976. Left active ministry in 1/1982 and married a woman in Houston TX, then returned to NM. In NM 17 men settled for $13M in 1993. Pleaded guilty in 1983 to the sexual abuse of a child; got probation and counseling. Laicized in 2/1999. Many new allegations in MI in 2002. Arrested and convicted twice in MI in 2003. Sentenced to 7-15 years. Included in new civil suits. Released in 5/2012 from jail and 11/2013 from probation. Living in Albuquerque NM in 2014; said in 8/2014 to be living with his wife in Taylor Ranch. On the NM sex offender registry. Named in at least one new civil suit filed in 8/2014. Another suit filed in 5/2016 claims alleged abuse of a 10- or 11-year-old Fort Sumner NM altar boy in 1974. As of 2017 accused of sexually abusing 57 children, named in lawsuits by 45. A lawsuit filed in 7/2017 claims abuse of a boy in a Las Vegas NM parish the late 1970s for 2 years. In 9/2018 a man alleged Sigler violently abused him, along with Fr. Robert Burkholder, when he was age 10-11 during 1968-1969. Included on the Santa Fe archdiocese list 9/12/2017. In a 6/2019 proof of claim in the Santa Fe archdiocese's bankruptcy, a man alleged that he was sexually abused by Sigler once when he was between ages 6-8 in about 1976. Per the man, Sigler was their priest and a family friend and the abuse took place at the boy's home. He said Sigler told him not to tell and that "no one would believe a poor Mexican kid over a priest." Further, he said he believed his brother was also abused by the priest. On Detroit's list 6/10/2019. On the Lansing diocese's list 9/27/2019. Still living in Albuquerque as of 5/2023. Included in the MI Attorney General's Diocese of Lansing Report 12/16/24.
Diocese: Diocese of Las Cruces NM
Removed from ministry 3/1/1993. Two men filed suit in 1994. Seven more men filed civil suits alleging they were sexually abused as children by Silva in the 1960s-1980s. Criminal charges were also filed in 1994. Silva admitted in court that he sexually abused a young man. Received a 7-year suspended sentence and was ordered to undergo counseling. Eight claims were settled by the diocese as part of a $13.5M mass settlement in 9/2002 (one may have settled earlier). Multiple transfers after initial notice. Included on the Providence diocese's list 7/1/2019. On the Santa Fe archdiocese's list 5/19/2021, which notes he was at Via Coeli in Jemez Springs in 1981 and at a Jemez Springs parish. Indicted in 11/2021 on charges of abuse of a boy under the age of 14 1989-1990, after an investigation by the A.G. and RI State Police.
Diocese: Diocese of Amarillo TX
Silvers was publicly named as accused in the 8/14/2018 PA Grand Jury Report. In 11/1988 a young man, age 18, reported that Silvers fondled him when he was ages 12-15. Silvers denied the abuse. The man asked for money for counseling but the diocese refused, saying there were no funds. The alleged victim met with the diocese in 3/2002; SIlvers again denied the allegations. The diocese agreed to provide financial compensation for the man's counseling since 1979, and going forward. In 1990-1991 the mother of a boy, age 13-14, complained to the diocese about Silvers inappropriate attention toward her son, and was concerned about the same interest Silvers showed to another boy. The woman's son also wrote to the diocese about Silvers' behavior. In 2012 a man reported to the diocese that Silvers sexually abused him at St. Sylvester's in the mid-late 1970s, when he was ages 10-11. Silvers again denied the abuse. Silvers withdrew from active ministry in 7/2002. Included on the Pittsburgh diocese's list of credibly accused.
Named publicly as credibly accused by the diocese on its list in 10/2019. It notes reports in 2002 of incidents in 1950 and 1956, while assigned to St. John's Cathedral in Boise and St. Alphonsus in Wallace. Deceased.
Banned from St. Mark's Summer Camp as a seminarian in the 1950s for "some form of sexual problem." Ordained in 1962. Removed from parish work in 1985 after complaints of inappropriate behavior with altar boys. Two separate civil suits filed in 1988 accused Simms of forcing altar boys to dress in skimpy, sexually provocative briefs, act out religious fantasies and wrestle with him. One suit claimed abuse in 1982, the other in 1984-1985. Both cases settled in 1989 or 1990. Police investigated in 1985 but agreed not to press charges if Simms received counseling and was removed from contact with minors. Received treatment at St. Luke Institute. Assigned in 4/1986 to a hospital chaplaincy. Allowed to serve on the Archdiocesan Tribunal and to assist with weekend parish ministry. Parishioners were not informed of Simms' abuse history. In 1988 the Archdiocese acknowledged that Simms molested boys, saying there were "only two" victims. Report in 1994 of abuse of a 10-year-old altar boy in the 1970s at St. Ursula in Parkville. Report in 1997 of abuse of a boy at St. Joseph's in Cockeysville, where Simms was assigned 1966-1971. Criminally charged in 1997 by the State's Attorney's Office; the case was "stetted" in 1998. Report in 4/2002 of abuse of a 4th grade boy at St. Ursula's in the 1970s. In 5/2002 Cardinal Keeler asked Simms to retire from the Tribunal. Included in 9/2002 on the Archdiocese's list of accused. In 11/2002 four brothers reported inappropriate behavior toward them by Simms when they were children in the 1980s, and that Simms sexually abused at least two of them. Report in 2016 of abuse of a boy in 1985, and that two priests sent in 1985 to interview the boy deemed the allegations unfounded because the boy was afraid and ran away, refusing the interview. By 2021 three more men reported abuse as children by Simms. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. Died in 9/2005.
Pastor of St. John's in Jeanerette when the Diocese announced 11/1/2018 that Simoneaux was placed on leave due to an allegation of "improper behavior with minors" over 30 years prior. The incidents reportedly occurred while Simoneaux was assigned to St. Anthony's Church and St. Edmund High School in Eunice, and St. Anne's in Youngsville. Diocese and police were investigating. Included on the Diocese's list in 4/2019.
Simonelli's name appeared on the diocese's 6/24/2015 list of "Diocesan Priests With A Credible Allegation(s) of Sexual Abuse of Minors Made Against Them While Serving in the Joliet Diocese." The list notes a continuing canonical process. Simonelli was removed from ministry in 5/2010 after a 21-year-old man accused him of "inappropriate conduct" that occurred more than two years prior. Bishop Sartain stated Simonelli's removal was due to "homosexual activity" and that he was "unfaithful to his vows on more than one occasion." As of 12/2018, process still pending and status was "on leave." Included on the diocese's list of credibly accused in 2/2021, and shown to have been laicized in 2020. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.
Diocese: Diocese of Yakima WA
Named publicly as accused in the MI Attorney General's 10/2022 report. A woman reported to the Diocese in 2020 that when she was in third grade in 1963 at St. Ignatius Loyola School, Sitko would grab her at recess and make her sit in his lap beneath his long cape. She said she screamed to be let go but he held her tighter and laughed, and that he would whisper into her left ear. Sitko died in 1982. He was ordained for the O.F.M. Franciscans; it appears he did not stay in the order. (Name also spelled Ephream, Ephraim.)
In 10/2022 a man publicly stated that Skaja sexually assaulted him numerous times in the 1980s when he was a prepubescent student at Marmion Military Academy in Aurora. The man said he told the dean of students, Rev. Vincent Bataille, who told him to keep it quiet. He said he also told some classmates and that the mother of one of them allegedly confronted the abbot, Rev. David Cyr, to no avail. Skaja remained at the school. His accuser received a settlement from the Benedictines at some point. The Order was reportedly investigating allegations against Skaja as of 10/2022. Skaja died in 2016. In 2/2023 the Order admitted that Skaja was accused multiple times of molesting minors in the 1970s and 1980s, and that the allegations were "true." He was dismissed from the Order in 1988. Included on the Benedictines of Marmion Abbey list 2/24/2023. Included on the Rockford diocese's list 3/6/2023. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report, which notes 5 "reported survivors."
Entered the Carmelite order in 1962. Made his solemn vows in 1966. Spent his early years in food management, at the Carmelite Junior Seminary in Hamilton MA, Salpointe Catholic High School in Tucson AZ, and DeSales High School in Louisville KY. Briefly did parish ministry in In Englewood NJ. Taught religion 1980-1990 at DeSales, then at Mt. Carmel High School in Chicago 1990 until his death in 2004. Included on the Carmelites' list of credibly accused 1/20/2021. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report, which notes at least one "reported survivor."
Air Force chaplain during WWII. Parish priest. Longtime member of the Achdiocese's Mission Band. Retired in 1982 to FL. Died in 1988. Named publicly as accused by the Archdiocese on its list updated 2/2025.
Named publicly as credibly accused by the Franciscans' Our Lady of Guadalupe Province on its list as of 1/2024. Member of the Sacred Heart Province. (Placing Skorup for now in the St. Louis archdiocese, where the Province is based.) Worked in Cleveland OH, MO, Chicago IL. Retired in 2013 to Blessed Giles Friary in Manitowoc WI. Died in 2020.
Accused of abuse of at least three girls while assigned to St. Walter in Morgan Park in the 1960s. The Archdiocese in 3/1970 determined "there was guilt here," and quietly moved Skriba to another parish. Remained in ministry until 6/2002, when he took administrative leave after allegations that he abused two girls at St. Gertrude's in the 1960s; removed from public ministry in 7/2002, several months after the Review Board found reasonable cause to believe the allegations were true. At least one claim was included in a 10/03 $8M settlement. Permanently removed from public ministry in 9/2005. Brother of accused priest Richard Skriba. Personnel files released in 1/2014. Died in 1/2014. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report, which notes 9 "reported survivors."
Accused in 7/2002 of molesting a girl for several years. His alleged victim said she reported the abuse to the Archdiocese in 1998 but the allegations were not made public because Skriba had died in 3/1998. Brother of accused priest Raymond Skriba. Included in 10/2022 on the Archdiocese's list of those with substantiated allegations against them. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.
Died: 9/4/2013
Diocese: Diocese of Bridgeport CT
Sexually abused at least twenty children, according to diocesan files. In and out of treatment, moved from parish to parish. Convicted of sexually abusing a boy in DuPage County in 1983. Sent to treatment. Reassigned. Removed from ministry in 1986 in New Mexico, where he had gone for treatment and was then assigned to a parish. Slown said he left the priesthood because he was an alcoholic. In 10/2003 two brothers filed suit alleging abuse by Frs. Slown, Richard Ruffalo and Arno Dennerlein. The suit claimed the abuse occurred in Illinois for several years and, for the younger boy, later in New Jersey. May have also abused the boys' three brothers. Included in 4/2006 on the diocese's list of credibly accused. The diocese agreed in 3/2013 to release personnel files as part of settlement in Rudofski v Joliet & Bennett. Files released 4/30/2014. Per the diocese's list in 5/2022, Slown died in 2022. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.
Parish priest; chaplain for the U.S. Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol. Assigned to Immaculate Conception in Secaucus 1955-1961, Christ the King in Hillside 1961-1979, then pastor of St. Paul's in Irvington 1979 until his retirement in 1998. Moved to Beach, FL. Died 4/5/2002. Named publicly in 11/2021 by Attorney Jeff Anderson as accused in a lawsuit filed under the NJ Victims’ Rights Bill.
Diocese: Diocese of Richmond VA
The Diocese knew of Smart's attraction to boys by 1959. He received treatment in 1959 and 1969 and admitted to molesting more than 30 boys 1957-1978. A 1990 civil lawsuit alleged Smart sexually abused the plaintiff at age 12 in 1967, and that the abuse continued until 1975. It settled in 1993, possibly for $1.7M. Smart was named in at least three other suits which later settled. In 1993 the bishop admitted to removing two letters from a file which documented abuse. Smart was named as an abuser in an amended lawsuit in 10/2011. He died 9/10/2006. Included on the Helena diocese's list posted to its website 4/29/2015 in compliance with the non-monetary terms of the 3/5/2015 bankruptcy settlement.
Monsignor. Removed from active ministry in 3/2007 after allegations by two women that he sexually abused them when they were teens between 1966-1967, at the former Shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Woodlawn. One of the women alleged rape. Smith confirmed some of the allegations. Sent to St. Luke Institute for evaluation and treatment. Claims reported to State Attorney's office. Allegations of abuse, including rape, in 1980 of an altar boy, age 7-8, were made in 5/2006, but not publicized by the Archdiocese. The victim received a settlement of $37, 500. In 12/2007 a man reported abuse by Smith as a 10-year-old altar boy and St. Jane Francis School student. The man later said Smith abused him many times, including rape, over two years when he was a seventh and eighth-grader. Settlement of $40,000. Three different women came forward, in 2009, 2018 and 2022 alleging abuse by Smith as girls, two in the 1960s, one in 1989. Smith died 10/25/2008. On the archdiocese's list 7/23/2019. Included in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.
Named publicly in NE Attorney General's Report released in 11/2021. At least two known victims. One was a boy, age 12-13, abused in the mid-1960s in Alma. The other was a 14-year-old boy against whom Smith made sexual advances in the 1970s, as reported to the Diocese in 1991. Smith's personnel file shows other allegations, discounted by the Diocese. One was by a man who reported to Bishop Bruskewitz in 1995 and to another priest in 1999 that Smith molested his son in the 1980s. Smith retired to Mexico in 1995 and died in 1999.
Monsignor. Named publicly as accused by the Diocese of Harrisburg on its list in 4/20. Died 2/11/20.
Named publicly as accused in the MI Attorney General's 10/2022 report. In 2004 a man told Bishop Garland that Smith sexually abused him multiple times at age 14 or 15 in 1951 or 1952. Smith admitted to his behavior. The Vatican determined that there would be no penal action due to Smith's age, infirmity and retirement status. He died in 2007. In 2018 the diocese received a report that Smith put his hand on a 14 or 15-year-old's crotch during a car ride in 1954-1955.
Ordained in 1962 in his native Baltimore for the Diocese of Alexandria LA. Transferred in 1969 to Chicago, where he was assigned to Holy Angels Parish in the Bronzeville neighborhood as an assistant priest and principal of the parish school. Remained principal of the school until 1994 when he was partially paralyzed in a car accident. Found murdered in his home in 11/1996. One of of four priests accused by seven plaintiffs in new lawsuits filed in 10/2026 of sexually abusing them as children at Holy Angels Parish and School in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood.
Diocese: Diocese of Brooklyn NY
Died in 1991. Accused in a lawsuit filed in 2020 of the sexual abuse of a minor 1969-1971 at St. Joan of Arc in the Bronx NY.
Ordained in Belgium. Named publicly as credibly accused by the Fresno diocese on its list in 8/2021. Noted to have been pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes in California City 1969-1985.
Diocese: Archdiocese of Dubuque IA
A woman alleged sexual abuse as a child by Br. "Seoriso" on multiple occasions at St. Ignatius Mission on the Flathead Indian Reservation. Allegations are included in a 9/2011 civil suit against Ursuline Order and Helena Diocese filed by 45 people against multiple nuns, 6 priests and 2 brothers. Br. "John Sorisio" was named as accused by the Helena diocese on its list 4/29/2015. Worked at St. Ignatius Mission 1915 until his death 7/20/1957. Included on the Jesuits West Province list 12/7/2018.
Diocese: Diocese of Metuchen NJ
Worked in PA, MI, NC, IL, FL. First named publicly as accused in the 8/14/2018 PA Grand Jury Report. Retired in 2003. Died 12/23/2006. Allegations of abuse of at least two minors in Pittsburgh. The diocese was contacted in 1988 by a woman who said her son had been abused by Spangenberg. The Spiritans moved Spangenberg to FL in 1989 due to the allegations. Kept in ministry. In 2009 a man reported that when he was a 15- to 16-year-old runaway and involved in prostitution, he had many "sexual encounters" with Spangenberg. He said the priest paid him to bring him other "young hustlers" for sex. He said Spangenberg liked to sniff glue whiIe orally copulating the boy, and that he was a "really sick guy - he would have person urinate and defecate on him." Included on the Raleigh diocese's list in 10/2018. On the Charlotte diocese's list 12/29/2019. Name included in 10/2022 on the Chicago archdiocese's list of credibly accused. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.
First identified publicly as accused on the 4/12/2019 Owensboro diocesan list of priests with substantiated allegations: 'one allegation deemed substantiated.' Speaks died 6/11/2019. Per his obituary, he was assigned to parishes until 2002, as a chaplain at Owensboro-Daviess Co. Hospital and at Carmel Home. He then worked at a bank for 15 years, apparently without the title 'Fr.' or 'Rev.'
Spent 20 years in the Navy prior to priesthood. Complaint made in 1/2012 that he had been involved in sexual misconduct with a teenage boy in the late 1990s; not removed until 4/2012 from his position at Holy Spirit Parish in Annandale. Was parochial vicar at St. Mary of Sorrows Church in Fairfax at the time of the alleged sexual misconduct. Director of the Office of Child Protection and Safety 2004-2011. Denied the allegations. Reportedly in 2/2019, the Diocese was unable to decide whether the allegations were credible, and Specht was granted a medical retirement shortly after he was placed on leave. In 12/2021 the VA Attorney General announced that Specht was indicted by a grand jury on two felony charges related to the alleged sexual abuse of a child younger than 13, occurring in 2000. Specht was chaplain and assistant principal of St. Paul VI Catholic High School during the time in question. Found not guilty at trial in 10/2022. Per the Diocese, Specht would not be returned to ministry.
Accused of abuse 1985-1986. Settled in 1993 for $60K. Another suit filed 2003. Accused of sexually abusing a boy, age 11, in 1985 at a Santa Barbara parish. Named in 2004 Los Angeles archdiocesan report. Included on the Jesuits West Province list 12/7/2018. It notes a report in 1991 of the sexual abuse of a minor, occurring "TBD." Dismissed from the order in 12/1989.
Diocese: Diocese of Tucson AZ
Named publicly as accused by the Bismarck diocese on its list 1/2/2020. Allegations were made after his death. Substantiated. Died 3/16/1998. Added to the La Crosse diocese's list 2/5/2020, where he was assigned at some point to St. Francis Hospital. Added to the Kansas City-St Joseph diocese's list as of 4/2021, which notes one substantiated allegation. Included on the Cincinnati archdiocese's list in 2/2022.
In a proof of claim filed in 5/2019 in the Archdiocese's bankruptcy case a woman alleged that Spellman sexually abused her for years as a child, beginning in about 1957. The claim was included in the Archdiocese's settlement trust in 1/2023. Spellman left the priesthood at some point and married. He died 9/2/1989. In summer 2024 a judge rued against the claimant.
Accused in 1986 of fondling a student at Bishop Timon High School in South Buffalo. Underwent inpatient treatment for six months and two years of outpatient treatment, then reassigned to Paterson, NJ. Removed from his NJ assignment after 17 years in 2/2003. Was to remain a Franciscan and live in a friary doing "internal work" after renewed complaints from the family of the student. Included on the Buffalo diocese's list of credibly accused updated 11/5/2018. Included in 10/2021 on the Holy Name Province Franciscans' list of those with substantiated allegations against them. Buffalo's list in 9/2025 shows that he was removed from ministry and was living outside the diocese.
Ordained for the Order of St. Benedict in 1937. Parish priest, high school teacher. Per his obituary, Sramek was assigned in Cleveland OH; Fort William, Ontario, Canada; Chicago and East St. Louis, IL; Bad Axe, MI. He died in 1984. Named publicly as accused in the MI Attorney General's 6/25/2026 Diocese of Saginaw Report, which shows that in 2012 the Benedictines and the Diocese of Saginaw received a report that Sramek sexually abused a boy four times 1978-1982, beginning when the boy was age 7. The abuse is said to have occurred at St. Joseph Parish in Rapson, MI and Mission Holy Trinity in Smiths Corner. Sramek's accuser also reported the allegations to the Archdiocese of Detroit in 12/2020, and said that he had received financial support from the Benedictines in Cleveland, OH.
First named publicly as accused in the 8/14/2018 PA Grand Jury Report. Included on the Diocese's list of credibly accused in 8/2018. Died in 2015. Found in 5/1991 by police with a young boy in a car parked at night in a cemetery. The mayor of Everson met with Fr. Roger Statnick about the incident, and relayed concerns from the community about Sredzinski spending too much time with boys. Allegation in 6/1991 of misconduct while swimming with a boy, and of inappropriate touch with the boy on a drive to Cleveland. The boy's father forbade Sredzinski's contact with his son. In 4/2002 a woman told the Diocese that Sredzinski sexually abused her relative in 1985 in Brownsville, PA. Accused in a 6/2020 lawsuit of raping and sexually abusing a boy 1991-1997, beginning when the boy was age 11. Per the suit, Sredzinski invited other priests to the rectory to rape the boy during orgies, and the abuse also occurred at church-sponsored events in Washington DC. The suit was filed in DC.
Parish priest, high school and college instructor, state psychiatric facility chaplain in CA, and secretary general for six years for his order in Rome. Retired in 2017 to Mesa, AZ, where he assisted at local parishes. Removed from active ministry in 2019 after the Cincinnati Province of the Missionaries of the Precious Blood received an allegation that Stack sexually abused a minor in 1979. The order's review board deemed the allegation credible. Assigned to the Diocese of Santa Rosa 1971-1981. Included on the Archdiocese of Los Angeles list of accused in 12/2021.
Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) priest on sabbatical when criminally charged in 9/2022 with sexually assaulting a girl, ages 9-11, during 1/2019-5/2022. Stafki admitted to the girl's father, who is his brother, that he "had given into lust." The abuse took place at the girl's home in Oak Grove, MN. Stafki was reportedly last assigned to a St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Kansas City, MO in 2019 and to a SSPX chapel in Oklahoma. His first assignment after ordination was at Holy Cross Priory in Nairobi, Kenya. The SSPX issued a statement in 11/2022 that when the allegations were deemed credible Stafki's ministry was completely restricted and he was no longer a member. Pleaded guilty 3/8/2023. Sentenced 6/27/2023 to 90 months in prison.
"Pete." Monsignor. Accused in 5/2002 of sexually abusing a boy, ages 8-10, between 1978-1980. The abuse allegedly occurred in the St. Clare rectory and church, and once near a bridge on Eastern Ave. Included in the 2023 MD Attorney General's Report. Added to the Baltimore archdiocese's list of accused in 12/2024.
Died: 11/4/1964
Diocese: Diocese of Pittsburgh PA
Ordained in 1918. Monsignor. Founding pastor of SS Philip and James, where he remained for 42 years. Died in 1964. Named publicly as accused by the Diocese on its list in 2019.
Per a proof of claim in the Santa Fe archdiocese's bankruptcy, a man stated that Starkey sexually abused him as a boy, on one occasion in 1970. The man said he was staying with his grandma who gave Starkey permission to take him to a movie. He stated, "[Starkey] sexually assaulted me...I resisted him, and after he had fondled me he gave up.... ." He told his grandma in 1974, therapists in 1997 and the Archdiocese and his attorneys in 2019. The man said he was also sexually abused by Fr. Barry Finbar Coyle, Brother Thomas and Brother John, and that all of the abuse occurred when he was ages 12-14.
From Lithuania, where he was ordained in 1938. Arrived in the U.S. in 1950, lived with his brother in Cleveland OH. Assigned briefly to a parish in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Invited around 1951 to work in the Diocese of Grand Rapids; incardinated in 1967. Died in 1999. Named publicly in the MI Attorney General's 12/15/2025 Diocese of Grand Rapids Report. In 2008 a man reported to the Diocese that when he was 15 in the mid-1960s, Statkus sexually abused him in Roscommon. He said that Statkus showed up drunk at his family cabin, had him drive to the liquor store for a case of beer, then molested him.
Died: 3/27/2007
Diocese: Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston TX
The Diocese knew as early as 1966 of allegations, when Steffen was a high school chaplain. Several parents complained about his behavior with their sons, including fondling. A female student said he spoke to her about masturbation, intercourse and "certain aberrations of the marital act." Transferred in 5/1969. More allegations in 1993 and 1997 of inappropriate sexual talk to minors. Report in 1993 that in 1968 that he touched the genital area of a hospitalized 10-year-old boy. Bishop Dattilo said in 2/2002 that there would be no penalty due to "insufficient evidence" of an "overt offense." Steffen was warned in 2/2003. Faculties for hearing confessions were removed in 2/2009 for inappropriate sexual questioning within the sacrament. Steffen's name was included on the Diocese's list released 8/1/2018. He died 7/15/2015. Included in the 8/14/2018 PA Grand Jury Report. Added to Baltimore's list in 9/2018. Mentioned in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report.
Named publicly as accused by the Crosier Order on its list 12/6/2023. Worked in IN, MN. Died 6/25/1950, age 38. Allegation noted to have been received after Steines' death.
Named publicly as accused by the Archdiocese on its list 11/30/2019, which notes allegations received in 2008 of abuse 1982-1986. Steinhausen died in 1993. Its 3/1/2019 list notes allegations received also in 2019. Per the NE Attorney General's 11/2021 report, the two known victims were boys, one 14-15 when abused, the other in his early to mid-teens.
Diocesan Vocations Director. In 2000 a youth told church officials that Stencil groped him at age 17 in 1999 at a pool party. Matter turned over to police. No charges. Church investigation deemed the incident accidental. Stencil was placed on leave in 2001 after violating a diocesan policy forbidding priests from being in the company of minors overnight. He had taken a trip to Mexico with one parent and several teenage boys. The same youth complained again in 2002. Included on the Diocese's list of credibly accused. Per the Diocese, Stencil was removed from priesthood in 2011; Stencil said he asked to be voluntarily defrocked. Stencil went on to work in the foster care system and, in 2019, began work as a driver for school and scout groups.
Named publicly as accused in the MI Attorney General's 12/15/2025 Diocese of Grand Rapids Report. In 2007 a man reported to the Diocese that Sternemann sexually abused him in 1973, when he was a 15- or 16-year-old student at St. Augustine Seminary in Saugatuck. Sternemann was a faculty member. He died 8/7/2024.
Pleaded guilty in Anoka County Court in 1987 to sexual misconduct with a minor. Sentenced to 5 years probation, a fine and treatment in NM. In 2002 Archbishop Flynn admitted that Stevens had been working on the archdiocese's computer services team after past offenses. Flynn said his case had been made public in the past, archdiocesan staff was notified and his position did not involve working with children. Permanently removed from ministry 2002. Included on the archdiocese's list of credibly accused in 12/2013. Believed to be living in St. Paul in 2013. May also be referred to as John Michael Stevens, per files released 03/31/2014.
Alleged to have sexually abused boys throughout his priesthood. Some lived with him in his parish rectories, with Cardinal Bernardin's knowledge. Accused in 1991 of embezzling tens of thousands of dollars from his parish; archdiocesan officials had long been hearing complaints about this from parishioners, and about young men and young boys in the rectory. Made to resign in 8/1991. Assigned in 6/1992 as chaplain to a Rehab Center. Died 6/6/1994. By 7/2005, 14 alleged victims had settled claims against the archdiocese for a total of $3M and settlements were pending for 8 others. In 2005 several alleged victims filed a complaint accusing Chicago police of complicity in their abuse by silencing some of them when they tried to tell in the 1990s. Included in 3/2006 on the Archdiocese's list of those with substantiated allegations against them. There were a total of 33 claims against Stewart by 2009. Personnel file released in 1/2014. Included in the 4/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report, which notes 47 "reported survivors."
Identified in the 6/18/2013 Report of the Audit and Review of the Files of the Capuchin Province of St. Joseph as a former friar with confirmed reports of the sexual abuse of minors. Stewart's name is included on this list without any additional information on claims against him. The audit reported that he had been removed from ministry and placed under supervision. He left the Order and was laicized at some point. Included on the Saginaw diocese's list by 8/9/2019, where he was assigned 1973-1974. His name was included in 10/2022 on the Chicago archdiocese's list of credibly accused. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report. Stewart died 7/22/2023 at age 83. Per his obituary, Stewart was restricted from ministry by the Capuchins in 2004 after which he left the community. Included in the MI Attorney General's 6/25/2026 Diocese of Saginaw Report, which reveals the receipt in 2002 of an allegation that Stewart sexually abused a child 1977-1983.
Named publicly as accused by the Diocese on its list in 2019. Died in 1952.
Stock left the priesthood in 1985. In 3/2006 a man reported he was sexually assaulted by Stock at age 17 in 1980. Stock was assigned to St. Peter's in Olney at the time in question; the boy had gone to him for counseling. Stock was arrested and charged in 5/2006. Arrested again 9/2006 and charged with abusing a 14-year-old boy in the late 1970s. Pleaded guilty to the abuse of both boys. Sentenced n 11/2007 to 19 months in prison. Included on the Archdiocese's list 10/15/2018.
Arrested 10/09/2013, charged with the sexual abuse of a minor. Per the Archdiocese, Stone is no longer with the MFVA order and "they are following canonical procedures in the case." The alleged victim is Stone's son born in 2008. The boy's mother is a former EWTN co-worker; Stone is a former EWTN TV show host. Stone and the boy's mother were in a custodial dispute. The mother said the boy told her Stone put his finger in son's anus, causing him to defecate on a bed. Stone denied the allegation. Trial in 5/2016. Found not guilty. Granted custody of his son in 1/1208.
Included on the order's list of former and deceased brothers with at least two claims of sexual abuse against them, as required by its bankruptcy settlement in 2014. No details provided as to when and where the alleged abuse occurred. Placing Stoyles in the Archdiocese of Newark, where the Irish Christian Brothers' North American Province is based. Stoyles was born 12/30/1903 and died 2/4/1991.
Monsignor. Former faculty member of St. John's Seminary College and Theologate. Pastor of St. Bridget's in Framingham from 1983 until he was placed on administrative leave in 10/2019, at age 86, pending the investigation of an allegation. Strahan was accused of the rape and sexual assault of an altar server, ages 11-13, on two occasion between 2004 and 2008 and of pressing his body against the boy's on one occasion. His name was included on the Archdiocese's list in 8/2022, which noted that he was on leave and that his case was in progress. He was indicted in 11/2022 on charges of rape of a child and indecent assault and battery on a child under age 14. In 9/2023 the Archdiocese announced that the charges were dropped because Strahan's accuser declined to testify in court, citing increasing PTSD symptoms. Strahan was to remain on leave pending the Archdiocese's investigation. There was also an ongoing civil lawsuit. In 5/2025 the Archdiocese deemed the allegations unsubstantiated and Strahan was to be returned to ministry.
Named publicly as accused by the Jesuits Midwest Province on its list 12/17/2018. A single allegation was received after Streeter's death of abuse occurring while assigned to Loyola Academy in Wilmette 1963-1964. Taught religion, speech and drama at Brebeuf Prep High School in Indianapolis 1969-1994. Died 10/31/1996. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.
Named publicly as accused in the MI Attorney General's report in 10/2022. In 8/2020 a man told the Diocese that Strelick sexually abused him at age 8 in 1991 during confession. The man said that he told Strelick that two older boys had sexually abused him, and that Strelick then touched him and made him perform oral sex, and did other "weird things." Strelick was pastor of St. John the Evangelist in Ishpeming during the time in question. He died in 2017.
Named publicly as credibly accused by the Diocese of Superior on its list in 11/22. A single allegation noted, of abuse in the early 1970s in Superior. Left ministry or was removed 6/13/99.
Diocese: Archdiocese of Portland OR
Retired in 2004. Permanently removed from active ministry by the diocese 2/23/2010 after substantiated allegations that he had abused a 14-year-old boy in 1981, while assigned to Assumption parish in Atco. Diocese had denied knowing of any other claims against Sullivan. Died in 4/2011. Accused by a 29-year-old man in a 5/2019 lawsuit of sexually abusing him almost daily as a boy 1996-2001 at St. James in Ventnor, beginning when he was age 7. The suit claims other boys were victimized as well. On diocese's list 2/13/2019.
Chancellor for the diocese's fiscal affairs 1975-1981. Director of Catholic Charities Appeal. Pastor 1980-1984 of St. Matthew's in Indian Orchard; sick leave 1/1984-9/1984, per a 1984 news report, followed by a new assignment. Named publicly by the Diocese in 8/2011 as credibly accused of abuse of a minor in 1993. (The 1994 Catholic Directory, which reflects 1993-1994, shows Sullivan as Absent on Leave.) Administrative process found in support of the allegation. Ordered to a life of prayer and penance in 2005. Died in 2014. In 3/2022 the Diocese deemed credible a new allegation that Sullivan sexually abused a child in 1994 .
Diocese: Diocese of Helena MT
Auxiliary bishop of Lansing 1972-1985. Bishop of Fargo 1985 until his resignation 3/18/2002 due to Alzheimer's Disease. Accused in 6/2002 of fondling a boy in 1966 at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in East Lansing MI. The same plaintiff settled with the Christian Brothers in 1995 over abuse allegations against Br. Jeffrey Gregory. Sullivan denied the charges. The Diocese said it did not believe the allegations because the man didn't come forward sooner. Sullivan died 6/12/2006. On 7/2/2021 the Diocese of Lansing announced that it had deemed credible allegations against Sullivan that he sexually abused two altar boys, one ages 12-14 and the other ages 11- 12, in the mid-1960s. The abuse took place at Church of the Resurrection in Lansing, where Sullivan was assigned. One of the victims said that Sullivan had sexually abused at least 10 other altar boys. Included in the MI Attorney General's 12/16/2024 Diocese of Lansing Report.
Accused in a lawsuit settled in 6/2021 in the high five figures of sexually abusing an altar boy, ages 10-13, multiple times 1970-1973, while assigned to St. Catherine of Genoa in Somerville. Sullivan died in 1985.
Named publicly as accused by the Chicago Archdiocese on its list in 10/2022. Sullivan died in 1986. Allegations were substantiated after his death. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.
Named publicly as accused in the 4/5/2023 MD Attorney General's Report. Report to the Archdiocese in 2002 that Cuthbert sexually abused a boy, age 13, in 1952 at St. Joseph's Monastery Parish in Baltimore. Sullivan was assigned at the time to the Monastery and Church of St. Michael's in Union City, NJ. Sullivan's accuser also said he was abused at St. Joseph's by Frs. Eugene Ambrose and Benedict Mawn. Sullivan died in 1999. Included in 12/2024 on the Archdiocese of Baltimore's list of accused.
Vicar general, administrator of Our Lady of Sorrows in Homewood, former president of John Carroll High School. Went on 'personal leave' 8/4/2025 pending the investigation of an allegation that he was sexually involved with a young woman for years, beginning when she was age 17 in 2009. His alleged victim said that she met Sullivan when she was a dancer at a strip club that he frequented. She said she was raised in foster care, worked at the club to make ends meet, and that Sullivan told her he was a doctor and offered her financial support in exchange for the 'relationship.' He allegedly also offered her money to sign a non-disclosure agreement. The case was referred to the Vatican and to the Alabama Department of Human Resources. Sullivan requested laicization, which was granted in 11/2025.
Accused in a lawsuit settled in 2025 of sexually abusing a boy, age 17, in 1957 or 1958, on one occasion in the Bergen Catholic High School bookstore. The boy was a student and Sullivan a teacher. Sullivan allegedly made the boy pull down his pants and underwear and Sullivan the whipped the boy's bottom with a leather strap.
Appears to have been ordained for the Salesians of Don Bosco. Became a priest of the Archdiocese of Boston in about 1990. Accused in a lawsuit settled in 2025 of sexually abusing an altar boy, age 8, in 1999. The abuse allegedly occurred multiple times at St. Catherine's in Wexford, where Sullivan was assigned, and at the boy's home.
First named publicly as accused on the San Jose diocese's list 10/18/2018. Diocese received reports in 1987 and 2018 that Sunseri sexually abused children at St. Christopher's in 1986 and while assigned to Holy Family in 1987. Permanently banned from ministry 1988. He denied the allegations. On the Jesuits West Province list 12/7/2018, which notes an allegation of sexual abuse of a minor in 1986, reported in 2018. Dismissed from the order in 1988. Included on the Diocese of Phoenix list in 2019. (The Phoenix list erroneously notes that Sunseri is deceased; in 10/2018 he was reportedly alive and residing in San Jose CA.)
Named publicly as accused by the Archdiocese on its list in 5/2024. Retired in 1990. Died 9/28/1997, age 50.
From Australia. Sent to Southdown in Toronto, Canada in 1987 for treatment. Met and married a former nun at Southdown and the two married in 1992. Lived in Chicago in 1992 where he earned a master's degree from Loyola University. Moved to Missouri. Was principal of St. Dismas Catholic School in Florissant for two years when arrested in 8/1995, charged with sexually abusing students - boys and girls- in Australia in the 1980s. One victim said Sutton threatened to kill her family if she told. No known allegations in MO. Extradited at the request of Australian officials in 5/1996 after several court battles. U.S. officials knew he was wanted in Australia for almost a year but did not know he was a school principal. Pleaded guilty In Australia in 5/1996 to numerous charges of abuse. Sentenced to 18 years in jail on 67 charges against 15 children. Released from jain in 2008. As of 5/2014, he had been ranked as one of Australia's most-publicized child sex offenders. In 2017 Sutton was given a suspended sentence for the sexual assault of two boys in the 1980s. In 3/2025 he received another suspended sentence after pleading guilty to sexually abusing a boy, ages 9-12, from 1973-1975.
Diocese: Archdiocese of Santa Fe NM
Accused in a 5/2019 proof of claim in the Santa Fe Archdiocese's bankruptcy of sexually abusing a girl, age 15, in 1971-1972, at St. Pius Catholic High School in Albuquerque. The girl was a sophomore at the school and Sr. Suzy was in administration. Sr. Suzy is said to have grabbed the girl's breast on two occasions. The nun allegedly said "Go tell, nobody will believe you, plus you're not coming back next year, nobody will believe you over a nun of God!" (Order and last name not known - 10 Sisters of Charity, 1 Dominicans sister, and 1 Sister of St. Joseph were assigned to the school 1971-1972, per the Official Catholic Directory.)
Assigned to parishes in Newark, Bayonne, and Jersey City. Moderator for the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts in his various parishes. Named publicly as credibly accused by the Archdiocese on its list 2/13/2019. Multiple alleged victims noted. Died in 1985.
Died: 1/2/1959
Diocese: Archdiocese of Anchorage-Juneau AK
Newly identified as an abuser in the 3/20/2006 Chicago Archdiocesan Report. Left active ministry in 1/1969. Resigned in 2/1974. Died in 8/2007. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report, which notes six "reported survivors."
Placed on leave in 6/2024 after "concerns" of Swierz's behavior while assigned to St. Rose in Girard in the late 1980s-early1990s. In 9/2024 the Diocese announced that its Review Board found a "disturbing pattern of behavior, including serious boundary violations with minors, manipulation and abuse of power." He was deemed unsuitable for ministry. In 1/2025 the Vatican affirmed the Diocese's findings. In 3/2025 the Diocese announced that Swierz "has retired from ministry and does not have faculties to serve in ministry."
Parish priest for several years in Peru, and in Pepperell, Lynn, Chelsea, Boston, Lawrence, and Peabody MA. Was also spiritual director and teacher at the archdiocesan seminary. Accused in a lawsuit settled in 2026 of sexually abusing a boy, ages 12-14, many times from 1974 to 1976. The abuse allegedly took place at St. Joseph's in Lynn, where Sylvia was assigned.
Ordained for the St. Augustine diocese in 1958. Became a priest of the St. Petersburg diocese when it was created in 1968. Made Auxiliary Bishop in 1981, then appointed Bishop of Pensacola-Tallahassee in 1983. Appointed Bishop of the Palm Beach Diocese 1990. Symons admitted in 1995 to sexually abusing a boy years prior; the Bishop of Pensacola-Tallassahee did nothing. Resigned in 6/1998 when it was revealed that he had molested five boys early in his ministry (1958-1960s) in the Miami archdiocese. The news was made public after a victim came forward to a church official. Symons admitted the abuse and also to the abuse of the other four youths. By 1999 Symons was leading spiritual retreats for adults in MI. Included on the St. Petersburg diocese's list of credibly accused. Included in the MI Attorney General's 12/16/2024 Diocese of Lansing Report.
Ordained for the Marian order; dismissed by the order in 1972. Assisted at Sacred Heart High School in Waterbury, CT in the early 1970s. Sent to treatment in MA in 1975. Prohibited in 1978 from ministry in the Hartford archdiocese after an allegation received. Became a priest of the Worcester diocese in 1980. Reportedly in 8/2002, a youth accused Szantyr in 1987 of molesting him for two years. His family went to police; charges were not pursued. Szantyr left MA in 1986 or 1987. He was criminally charged in 6/2003 with three counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under age 14, accused of molesting two altar boys. A civil lawsuit was filed in 1/2005. No trial as of 4/2007 due to Szantyr's cognitive status. (A private investigator found him capably walking and driving on his own in 5/2007.) Szantyr was ruled incompetent to stand trial in 5/2008. He died 5/16/2014 in Waterbury, CT. Charges were pending, then formally dropped after his death. Included on the Hartford archdiocese's list 1/22/2019.
Named publicly as accused by the Chicago Archdiocese on its 10/2022. Allegations were substantiated after Szczawinski's death. Died in 1970. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General's Report.
From Poland, where he was ordained. Alleged on 12/9/2010 to have sexually abused thirteen altar boys in the Boston archdiocese in the 1980s. Worked previously in the Diocese of Providence as a priest of the Order of St. Paul the First Hermit. Apparently transferred in 4/1987 from the Boston archdiocese to the Peterborough diocese in Canada. Died in a car accident 9/24/1987. On 12/11/2010, a Boston monsignor reportedly called three Szymanski survivors cowards. Cardinal O'Malley apologized. Eight accusers were to be paid $600K. Per attorney Carmen Durso, there could be up to 20 other victims.